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The Guoman Tower Hotel [6] (formerly Thistle) near Tower Bridge is one of the largest hotels in London, with over 800 bedrooms, and is regarded by some as one of the ugliest - it was twice voted the second ugliest building in London, in a 2005 Time Out poll, and in a 2006 BBC poll [7] - and most insensitively located brutalist buildings in the ...
In a Russian tale collected in Bashkortostan with the title "Про царя и его сына" ("About the Tsar and his Son"), a tsar announces he wishes to marry a woman who will bear him a son with legs of gold up to the knee, arms of silver up to the elbow, and with a moon on the front. In the same kingdom, the youngest of three poor ...
The Corinthia London Hotel, at the corner of Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall Place in central London, is a hotel and former British Government building, located on a triangular site between Trafalgar Square and the Thames Embankment.
On a wintry evening three sisters are sitting at spinning wheels. As Tsar Saltan overhears from outside the door, the oldest sister boasts that, if she were Tsaritsa (the bride of the Tsar), she would prepare a sumptuous feast; the middle sister would weave a grand linen; the youngest promises to bear, as son for the Tsar, a bogatyr (warrior ...
The Bulgari Hotel and Residences is a luxury hotel in Knightsbridge, London. When it opened in 2012, it was the most expensive hotel in London, and the penthouse apartment sold for $157 million. When it opened in 2012, it was the most expensive hotel in London, and the penthouse apartment sold for $157 million.
The Dorchester is a five-star hotel located on Park Lane and Deanery Street in London, to the east of Hyde Park.It is one of the world's most prestigious hotels. [1] [2] The Dorchester opened on 18 April 1931, [3] and it still retains its 1930s furnishings and ambiance despite being modernised.
It re-opened in 2011, and occupies much of the former Midland Grand Hotel designed by George Gilbert Scott which opened in 1873 and closed in 1935. The hotel is managed by Marriott International. [4] [5] The building as a whole including the apartments is known as St Pancras Chambers and between 1935 and the 1980s was used as railway offices. [6]
The hotel is managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. It has been called "London's most famous hotel". [4] It has 267 guest rooms and panoramic views of the River Thames across Savoy Place and the Thames Embankment. The hotel is a Grade II listed building. [5]